Residential street scene depicting the Mercer home, pedestrians, the boardwalk and a man on horseback. Mercer arrived at the site that would become Seattle in 1853, bringing with him the first team of horses in the area. He claimed 160 acres of...

Panoramic view of the ranch showing cattle, farm buildings, horses, and horse and carriage. Geddis was one of the first to build in this region and eventually owned two farms, each over 800 acres, as well as a large amount of valuable real estate...

The bottom half of the illustration depicts the buildings and cattle pens which made up the headquarters of the Moxee Company. The top half is composed of three smaller drawings; a hop field, a tobacco field and the residence of W. M. Ker, the...

A drawing of the home of Frank Johnson, a well-known contractor and architect in Spokane Falls. Born in Holland, Mr. Johnson moved to New York in 1852 where he learned his trade. He moved to the Washington Territory in 1880 and was able to claim...

This image of a house, people and horse-drawn carriage shows the residence of Ulmer Stinson of Snohomish, A native of Maine, Mr. Stinson was a lumberman and logger from his youth. He moved west in 1863, mining for a year in Nevada before settling...

A birds-eye view of a hop ranch. Inset is a view of Snoqualmie Falls at a height of 268 ft. The Snoqualmie Hop Ranch, at 420 acres, claimed to be the largest hop ranch in the world at the time of this drawing. Due to high prices for hops...

View of the Echo Roller Mills, owned by the Havermales, showing a river with floating logs, a bridge, flour mill, horses and wagon. Reverend Havermale came to Spokane in 1875. Along with his ministerial work, he claimed 160 acres near the city...

Illustration of the Penobscot Hotel in Snohomish, Washington. Joseph Mallet, the proprietor was born in Penobscot County in Maine and moved to the Pacific coast when he was 20. He began logging and formed a partnership with S. H. Cyphers. The...

Actually several drawings of several subjects, this illustration gives a bird's eye view of the Bull Ranch (cattle and outbuildings) in Ellensburg as well as drawings of the residences of Charles Kineth in Ellensburg and C. W. Ellsworth in...

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